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Has anyone noticed the resemblance between a certain Pepsi ad (featuring Justin Timberlake) and a fictional TV show depicted in a dystopian cult fave movie?

I'm not as easily shocked as many of my friends - in fact, I fear at times that I have become inured to most of the 'mysterium iniquitatis.' But lately...well, things just seem bizarre. I've spent close to fifty years adopting the personnae of my favorite fictional characters. I am caught off guard by the sudden realization that I am no long Nancy Drew, Cherry Ames or Lucy Van Pelt. I'm feeling like a 21st C. feminine Dr. Tom More - without the luxury of a HoJo's hideout.

and the question came to me: has it happened at last?
If only there were a lapsometer stashed under my bed/office, down there with the Bop-It Extreme, two broken rosaries, a pair and a half of L.L.Bean Maine-Isle Flip-Flops and a substantial ball of dog hair. Electrolytes, anyone?